Re: Re: Did I match or didn't I? (boo)

I don't think that works.... I parse that as:

( my ($bar)=($foo=~m/(ello)/) ) or "default";
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which wont work on a failed match.

-Blake

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Re: Re: Re: Did I match or didn't I? (boo) by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Oct 18, 2001 at 02:06 UTC
Yea, we use \|\| for defaults on the RHS of assignment all the time. E.g. `$x= 0\|\|5; print $x;` works as expected. The \|\| is done first, and the result of that is what gets assigned. I think he has the meanings of \|\| and or backwards.	[reply] [d/l]